Ten-year-old Sasha stands in a bomb shelter in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine.

Live Blog: Ukraine In Crisis (Archive)

September 29, 2016 07:28 CET

Follow all of the latest developments as they happen.

Final News Summary For September 29

-- We have started a new Ukraine Live Blog. Find it here.

-- Ukraine is marking 75 years since the World War II massacre of 33,771 Jews on the outskirts of Nazi-occupied Kyiv.

-- German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to stabilize a fragile cease-fire in Ukraine and do all he could to improve what Merkel called a "catastrophic humanitarian situation" in Syria.

-- Russia's Supreme Court has upheld a decision by a Moscow-backed Crimean court to ban the Mejlis, the self-governing body of Crimean Tatars in the occupied Ukrainian territory.

* NOTE: Times are stated according to local time in Kyiv (GMT/UTC +3)

14:25 29.12.2015

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10:26 29.12.2015

Re-upping this piece from yesterday on Saakashvili's challenges in Odesa.

10:26 29.12.2015

09:50 29.12.2015

09:42 29.12.2015

Highlights today from RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service:

Trial of the Crimean Tatar activists in Simferopol

UKROP party leader Korban will stay in custody amid protests

Criminal case against whistleblower, who accused the military prosecutor of corruption

09:40 29.12.2015

Main news today is Ukrainian farmers holding protests across the country and blocking roads over a new tax law.

Coverage from our Ukrainian Service here.

20:25 28.12.2015

Barring any major developments, that ends the live blogging for tonight.

20:09 28.12.2015

19:08 28.12.2015

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